Ironing-machine.



W. H. OLVER.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 1912.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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o. I IRONING-MACHINE' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 19.12. Serial No..6.7.1,321.

To all whomc't may'comem:

Be it known that I, WrnnmmH. OLVER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at y of Winnebago. and State or Wisconsin, have invented a newand usefut lroning-Machh e, of which the following'is a specification.My inventionsrelates to: improvements in ironing machines patented tomeNovember 3, 1908, No. 902,676, and consists of humor-- ousfeatures thatadd tothe ease in which the mechanism can be installed and oper ated,and which are shown in: the accompanying drawings, in wh.ich,-

igure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing a tailors pressing boardthereon and a short rail suspended trom thepceiling of a room, a trolleyframe and wheels upon the-rail, and a sadiron suspended from. the

trolley frame. Fig.;2 is an, end elevation'of said iron. Fig. 3 is aplanof the rail, itssuspension rods. brace wires of the same. Fig. 4 isa plan upon a larger scale of an end 01% the trolley rail, and thetrolley there-? on. Fig. 5 is: a longitudinal section of an end of thetrolley rail with the trolley thereon, upon the line a, of Fig.4. Figs.6 and 6?, are. end views 0 two styles of; clamps that are ised uponsmall. rodsof inch diameter, more or less inseveralplaces.

Fig. 7 is an edgev view or -one style-of a catch thatis used. 'Fig. 8-is.

a edge View. of a stirrup which suspended from theftrolley frame. Fig. 9is aside elevation showing a modification in the-manner oi.- supportingthe trolley Fig. 10 a plan of; a. trolley rail supported by two arms,the rail being broken at one endfor show-mg the slotted arm below it,said arms being mounted upon gas pipepillars. which the upper ends. oftwo A are supported upon the floor of the room in n edge view of acatch, forthe. same pure oppositely ,its under faca;

a plan is located. Fig, 11 is which the machine an end elevationshowinglljig. 9 turned one quarter around toward pose asthe cat'chinFig. 7.. Fig. 13. 1s aplan of. one of the. bracket arms which is usedvupon. the gas .pi e. pillars. Fig. is t the under side of a collarhaving Similar numer ls and letters indicate like 1,. indicatesi thefloor or a room; 2 as.-

table, press board, rail, trolley and sad isposed fingers extendingbelowfigures, which is. preferably of wood, is pro.- vided. at each endwith an'ang'ular piece 8, bent 'intotwo right angles, upon the lower armof whi'chthe rail is mounted, and vsecured with bolts 9., the upper armsextending from the rail ends, each being provided with a bore 10 (seeFigs. 4 and 5,) of a diameter a little larger than that of the rods .5,so. that the rail can easily-move lengthwise of the rods. It shouldbe'notedi that the rail: is thus suspended bymean ot said angularnaturally hang downward under all usual ..cond;-itions of its use,

In Figs. 1 and 3 the rod 5 at the left is provided with two one.opposite the other and transversely of therail, which wires consist inpart of a coiled spring 13, and extend from the clamp 16 upon the rod 5.to. the screw eye 15, which is screwed into the ceiling. The purposeofsaid springs is, to allow a sidewise swing to the. rail in accordancewith the sidewise movement of the sad iron during the pressingoperation.

Theright' hand sad iron in the pressingoperation. The springs inv thebrace wires 11 the left hand end of the .railstoswingsidee wiseinaccordance with the pull. at the ressman while pressing.

. 1 At both ends of the-rods 5 should extend below t 6 rail and bracewires 11 and 12,-

and 12, permit PatentedDec.30, 1913. I

ward. firom the floor. The rail in all ot the piecesabove itscenter ofgravity, ahd'will suspension rod 5., is; pro.- vided with a clamp 16,.from. one d f brace wire 19, extendsito the i 100 purpose of toswing'sidewise in ac cordance with the sidewise movement of the therails. 1 and a,

. 110. -.be provided with clamps 14., between which and the upper arm ofthe pieces 8, a coiled and connect, one with each of the opposite 9'above the table, and be p so u means of set screws 23.

f freely slottedarm and the tension is omitted for showing the stirrup34.

' The spring at the left is intended to have a slightly'greaterresiliency than. the one at the right, as denoted by its eater length.They allow the rail a degree is vertical movement which is in proportionto the resiliency of said springs and relieve the pressman 0 theweight'of the sadjiron .to a limited egree.

' b Figs. 1 and 9, both tion to the press board at the right hand end ofthe'rail depressed by the weight of said "iron. Figs. 9,10 and 11 showa-modifica- 5 tion in'the manner of supporting the rail, it beingsupported upon pillars instead of being suspended. 'For this purpose,gas pipes 7, are'erected in base flanges 21, which arelfirmly secured toa suitable base, as for instance the floor. The

show the rail in relaytend upward some four eet, more or less, lacedabout six inches back from the longitudinal center of the width of theress board, and when they extend to the through the table,sh6uld besecured-to 1t, as is shown at'the right of Fig: 9 and front of Fig.11,by means ofthe holder 21*. Be-

a low their upper ends,' bracket arms 22, are

adjustably secured .upon' the At the free ends of p the arms, holes 24,are bored for receiving about a t; ch'round'spring steel rod 25, whichis secured therein with setscrew 26. At the upper ends of the pillars,arms 27, are secured with set screws 28. Each arm 27, is provided at itsouter end with a slot -29, ada ted to permit the rods 25, to swingtlierein transversely of the rail. The rods-25' extend upward, the oneat the left nearly or quite sixteen inches above the slotted arm, andthe one at the right somea what less. as its supporting pillar is longerthan the one at the left, and a coiled spring 30, is mountedarou-nd eachrod between the upper arm of the piece 8. These, springs like the srings 20, permit a vertical movement 0 the rail ends and theslotted armsallow a sidewise swing 5o of the rail by reason of the resiliency of therods 25, in accordance with the sidewise movement of the sad iron in thepressingoperation.

vThe trolley frame consists of'a; block 31, and'two. side pieces 32,between which side pieces wheels 33, are arranged for revolution. Astirrup 34,.is suspended loosely from the bolt 35, which is screwed intoor the opposite sides of the stirrup are pxr' pillarsshould exoor, ifthey do, notpass pillars by asses through the side pieces and block 31..

.its vertical position,

tended upward above the trolley frame and bent at anangle at 36, andprovided with a slot 37, (see Figs. 4 and 8,) and a spring 38, issecured to the block 31 with bolt 39, and extends upward through theslot, so that any movement which'throws the stirrup out of a verticalposition will be immediately corrected by the spring.

At a point below the trolley rail a cross wire 40, is secured across'thestirrup upon which a coiled spring 41 is hooked and depends, and isconnected at its lower end with a rod'42, which extends downward throughthe lower end of the stirrup. Secured to this rod is a collar 43, whichis provided with fingers 44, which are adapted to engage the lower endof the stirrup and prevent the rod, and consequently the sad iron, fromturning out of itsworkingposition, when it is not being used. The sadiron 45, is provided with 'a bail piece 46,'having a tubular piece 47,pivotally secured to it at 47, mid way its ends, the tubular piece beingadaptedto receive the rod 42 and retain it and. consequently the sadiron, in thedesired vertical position by means of the thumb screw 48. Tothe piece 46 two wires v49 and-50, are secured loosely, with screws 51,or otherwise, the wire 49 being curved forwardly as is shownin Fi s. 1and 9, for providing ample space for the hand of the operator, and bothwires are provided with hooks 52, for connecting with the sad iron uponthe pins 53. By unhooking the wires "49 and 50, from the pins 53, thesad iron can be uicklydetached from its suspension device. Forholdingthe sad iron when at its backward movement, catches 54 and 54,are used, they each consisting of a piece of band spring steelbe tasshown in Figs. 7 and 12, the former s cured to an extension of asuspensio rod 5by means of clam-p screw 55, and t e latter secured to apillar 7 at .the righthand end of the table by its clamp screw 55, thecatches being adapted to hold the rod 42 in the depressions 56 ofthe'catches as the sad iron is pulled to its described my invention,What'ZI claim and desire'to secure by Letters Pat ent, is,- l

1. In an ironing machine. the combinationof a trolley supporting rail, athin-metallic plate secured upon each end of the rail,'and extending,one partfrdm each end thereofabove the center of gravity ofthe rail,- aper- 13C 50 to have suspended from foration through each extending part,and

vertically arranged rods one at each end of the rail fitted for easilypassing through the perforations for guiding the rail in itsverticalmovement.

2. An ironing machine comprising a rail supported above a-pressing tableand having a pair of trolley wheels arranged in a frame tandem forrevolution therein and adapted to have suspended from said frame a sadiron for being moved back and forth under said rail and with saidtrolley frame, and a spring for permitting a transverse movement of arail end in accordance with the sidewise pull upon the rail in the.pressing operation. a

3. An ironing machlne comprising a rail supported above a pressing tablehaving a I press board longitudinally of the table and.

having a pair of trolley wheels arranged in V a frame tandem forrevolution therein and adapted to have suspended from said frame a sadiron for being moved back and forth under said rail and with saidtrolley frame,a

" support for said rail consisting of a gas pipe pillar, one at each endof the table secured to a: suitable base, and extending a suitabledistance above the pressing table, an arm extending forward from eachpillar and adjustably secured thereto, their free ends beingsubstantially vertically above the longitudinal central line o-f'saidpress board, a bore in the upper side of the outer end of each arm, aspring rod secured in each of 35, said bores and extendingiupwardtherefrom,

a second arm secured upon each pillar and extending forward above saidfirst named arms, a loop in the outer end of each of said secondnamedarms and inclosing the rod in 40 1ts companion arm, a coiled springmounted above each loop around its inclosed rod and supporting, each oneend of said trolley rail, and a clamp upon each rod above the. rail endsfor limiting the upward movement of the rail ends.

, 4. An ironing machine comprising a rail supported above a pressingtable and having a pair of trolley wheels arranged in a frame tandem forrevolution therein and adapted said frame a sad iron for being movedback and forthunder said rail and with said trolley frame, a suspensiondevice for the sad iron comprising astirrup loosely mounted upon a boltupon opposite sides of said trolley frame its upper ends extending andmeeting at a point above said trolley frame, a slot formed in itsextreme upper end and a spring secured to the trolley frame andextending upward into said slot, and suitable connecting means betweenthe lower end of the stirrup and the sad iron, said spring acting toreturn said 1 SlLlI'I'IlP to a position at right angles with the lengthof the trolley frame when thrown out of said position. v

5. An ironing machine comprising a rail supported above a pressing tableand having a pair of trolley wheels arranged in a frame tandem forrevolution therein and adapted to have suspended from said, frame a sadiron for being moved back and forth under said rail and with saidtrolley frame, a suspension device for the sad iron comprising a stirrupdepending from opposite sides of said trolley frame, a connecting wirefrom one side to the other of the stirrup below the rail, a coiledspring depending from said connecting wire, a rod depending from saidspring and passing through the lower end of said stirrup, a collarsecured upon said rod "and adapted to. limit the downward movement ofsaid rod by the engagement of its lower surface with the lower .end ofsaid stirrup, fingers on said collar adapted to engage the lower end ofthe stirrup and hold the collar from turning when at the lowest limit ofits movement, and suitable connections between the lower end of said rodand the sad iron.

6. An ironing machine comprising supported above a pressing table andhaving a pair of trolley wheels arranged in a frame tandemfor revolutiontherein and adapted to have suspended from said frame a sad iron forbeing moved back and forth under said rail and with said trolley frame,a suspension device for the sad iron comprising a stirrup depending fromopposite sides of said trolley frame, a spring connecting the stirrupand a rod that is arranged to pass through-the lower end of'saidstirrup, a tubular piece secured adjustably to the lower end of saidrod, a bail piece pivotally se cured at its mid length to the lower endof said tubular piece, a wire pivotally connected and extending fromeach end of said bail piece, and being pivotally connected with oppositelonglsides of they sad iron at such points'relative toits center ofgravity that it will be suspended in a substantially. horizontalposition.

7. In an ironing machine, the combination of a sad iron, a pivotallymounted bail a rail

